Tibet Area (administrative division)

The Tibet Area was a province-level administrative division of the Republic of China and early People's Republic of China.[1][2]

Tibet Area 西藏地方
Area of the Republic of China (1928–1951) Area of the People's Republic of China (1951–1965)
1928–1965
Tibet Area (red) in the Republic of China
Capital	Lhasa
Area
• 1953	1,221,600 km2 (471,700 sq mi)
Population
• 1953	1,274,969
Historical era	20th century
• Established	1928
• Battle of Chamdo	1950
• Seventeen Point Agreement	23 May 1951
• Replacement of Kashag with the Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region after the 1959 Tibetan rebellion	1959
• Establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region	22 April 1965
Preceded by Succeeded by Tibet under Qing rule Tibet (1912–1951) Tibet Autonomous Region
Today part of	China India

The Republic of China never had any real control over the area, which was de facto controlled by the Ganden Phodrang government in Lhasa. When the republic was founded in 1912, the Kashag controlled about the same area as the Tibet Area, but later also took control of the western portion of Sikang Province; thus for the most of the Republic of China period, Lhasa controlled an area which was near identical to the contemporary Tibet Autonomous Region.

The People's Republic of China invaded Chamdo (not part of Tibet Area until 1951) in 1950 and incorporated the Dalai Lama-controlled regions in 1951.

Following the 1959 Tibetan rebellion, the State Council of the PRC ordered to replace the Kashag government with the "Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region" which was established in 1956. The current Tibet Autonomous Region was established in 1965.